Jay Mehta is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 businessman of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n origin and the husband of Miss India

Miss India

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, actress Juhi Chawla

Juhi Chawla

Juhi Chawla is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...

. Mehta and Chawla, along with actor Shah Rukh Khan, are co-owners of the Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...

 team Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4...

. Mehta was earlier married to Sujata Birla, sister of Yash Birla who died in a plane crash

Indian Airlines Flight 605

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 in 1990. He is the son of Mahendra Mehta and Hemlata Mehta and grandson of Nanji Kalidas Mehta

Nanji Kalidas Mehta

Nanji Kalidas Mehta was an Industrialist and Philanthropist from Gujarat. He was founded the Mehta Group of Industries in Uganda, now having its head office in India.-Lifesketch:...

, who own the Mehta Group

Mehta Group

The Mehta Group of Companies commonly referred to as the Mehta Group is a conglomerate based in Mumbai, India with subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Kenya and Uganda. The group employs in excess of 15,000 people worldwide and has an asset base in excess of US$350...

which is spread over Africa, India, Canada and USA. Mehta owns two companies in India - Sauarashtra Cement Ltd (Ranavav near Porbander, Gujarat) and Gujarat Sidhee Cement Ltd (Veraval Gujarat India). Mehta has two children with wife Juhi Chawla, a girl and a boy.